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You can setup a portfolio to track five sites – typically your own and your closest competitors, but you could also choose to compare your site to that of a large presence in the industry (think localquiltshop.com vs. joann.com) so that you can see if variations in traffic appear to be occuring industry-wide. We have several proprietary websites in addition to our blog, so I’ve setup my portfolio to track the traffic patterns for a handful of our own sites so that I can monitor their progress individually and easily compare them to each other.

Although the data isn’t 100% accurate, it does describe your competitor’s users and their behavior, which gives you the tools you need to get ahead!